Bud Davis vs. Matt Riley — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Riley
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Riley built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 5.99 and 1.761 for Matt Riley. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Matt Riley

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
2.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
9.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
6.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
7.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.19
7.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.536
1.536
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
41.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
6.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.27
6.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.761
1.761
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
34.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.84
41.84

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Matt Riley

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.75
68.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.423
0.423
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Matt Riley

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
7800
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Matt Riley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Riley
Career
Per 600 PA